Disability Leave

This month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidelines on providing leave as a reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires covered employers (employers with 15 or more employees) to provide reasonable accommodations to enable employees with disabilities to perform their jobs. The EEOC article describes basic Read more

Recently, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) published proposed amendments to the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) regulations. The rulemaking action seeks to clarify portions of the existing regulation and bring relevant portions of it into alignment with the federal FMLA, thereby creating more consistency between the two laws. The proposed amendments Read more